all the border states. It figures though. The slave owners had a
vested interest in succession.
larry
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:40:38 -0400, John Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That is very interesting. In looking at the 1840 census and before, it seems
> like the percentage of slave-owning families was small for that county. Like
> below 10 percent. It makes me wonder, if anyone from my family served in the
> Civil War. I'm sure some had to have, as well as the Revolutionary War, but
> I havent found definitive data as of yet.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:30 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Yay! for Bill Cosby
>
> In Battlecry of Freedom, the author did a very interesting analysis on
> the census data from 1840 through 1860. He then tied the percentage of
> slave ownership to the support of seccession. Basically those counties
> with more slaves and slave owners supported the South separating.
> Those areas, like eastern Tennessee, western (now West) Virginia and
> western North Carolina, with few slaves, were the strongest supporters
> of remaining in the Union. Support was so strong that in those areas
> that remained in the south's control were under Confederate military
> occupation until liberated by federal forces. In eastern Tennessee for
> instance, up until 1863 when the area was occupied by federal forces,
> Confederate forces could not travel in many of these places because of
> local resistance.
>
> I looked up my own family history of this time period years ago, and
> was very proud to find out that I had several ancestors who went from
> the province of New Brunswick in Canada to Maine to enlist in the
> federal army. One of them enlisted in the Navy and served with
> Farragut in the invasion of New Orleans.
>
> larry
>
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:18:49 -0400, John Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > as an aside to this discussion. My family roots extend deep into the West
> > Virginia hills, near Maryland and as far back as the 1840 census, they
> were
> > not slave owners. this is interesting to me because I have always wondered
> > if, being farmers, they had owned slaves.
> >
> > this makes me wonder why they didnt? did they not believe in it? or were
> > they too poor?
> >
> > either way, it is interesting.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:58 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Yay! for Bill Cosby
> >
> > I have a hard time feeling like its right for me to agree with him,
> > since im not african american, however I can certainly say that it
> > crosses
> > the color lines, especially in the south, and ESPECIALLY where I live.
> >
> > we live in a place where integration of coloreds and white, wasn't until
> > VERY late in 1970, maybe even 1971. there are still bathrooms, that
> > have coloreds, and whites :(
> >
> > sucks, a chilling reminder of what is was like.
> >
> > this town sucks, VERY still, VERY segregated...
> >
> > we are right on the mason-dixon line, and salisbury was one of the LAST
> > to integrate schools, etc...in the whole state of maryland.
> >
> > ...tony
> >
> > tony weeg
> > senior web applications architect
> > navtrak, inc.
> > www.navtrak.net
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 410.548.2337
> >
> > visit www.antiwrap.com to send long url emails to your friends!
> >
> > -- dont mistake my perfection as arrogance
> > anonymous
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:58 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Yay! for Bill Cosby
> >
> > Yes, I agree. Cosby is a wise man, and probably does carry alot of
> > weight.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:51 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Yay! for Bill Cosby
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/01/cosby.comments.ap/index.html
> >
> > This man talks sense. I think that he's got good points too. If I talk
> > with someone, regardless of their race, and they can't speak correctly
> > and
> > can't enunciate words right, I assume they're not that intelligent
> > (Bush) or
> > just lazy.
> >
> > "I can't even talk the way these people talk, 'Why you ain't,' 'Where
> > you
> > is' ... and I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk," Cosby said
> > then. "And then I heard the father talk ... Everybody knows it's
> > important
> > to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with
> > that
> > kind of crap coming out of your mouth."
> >
> > Marlon
> > _____
> > _____
> >
> >
> _____
>
>
>
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